Section 2 Capitalism
"Headmaster, how can you do this!"
"Monsieur Bonaparte, did I do badly there?"
Early in the morning, in the lavish military school rector's room, there was a quarrel in Napoleon's distinctive Corsican accent.
It turned out that Napoleon enrolled at the Briena Military Academy in Corsica at the age of ten. Although the conditions were difficult, it was still against Napoleon's appetite. As a young soldier who hoped to grow into a general, Napoleon had always fought tirelessly to be able to go to the battlefield and win battles in the future. However, the rotten life of the current Royal Military Academy could not help but arouse Napoleon's disgust. Of course, Brion had heard about these things for a long time.
"Mr. Headmaster, there are many unreasonable things about this school! For example, the carriage used for travel, the lavish meals, the servants who carry it with you, and now the prostitution in the military academy is serious! As a professional soldier, these will affect their growth! I suggest that the school should abolish these special treatments, and the French kingdom will not be able to rise with these playboys!"
Napoleon's righteous words could not help but stunned the headmaster who was sitting in his seat. This middle-aged man with the rank of general was completely defeated by the domineering temperament of this young man who was only fifteen years old.
Generally, the principals of the Royal Military Academy are generals who have been canonized for their exploits on the battlefield, but due to the weakness of the royal family in the eighteenth century, the lack of talents, and the aristocracy in power, as long as you have a big identity, you can be a high-ranking official in the government. So even the principal of this military academy is no exception, and his qualifications are at most a middle nobleman. Not only that, although this military academy is ostensibly a road for the children of the nobility to eat, drink, and have fun. As long as you are rich enough, you can be promoted from second lieutenant to major directly after graduation. Maybe in the future, I can still enter politics.
Headmaster Sven took out a handkerchief and wiped his face, although as a soldier who had nominally fought on the battlefield, he was actually no different from those paper tiger nobles.
"Mr. Bonaparte, your suggestion will be studied by our school committee. You just go out first, I'll have something to do right away. β
Napoleon looked at the seemingly noble school leader with infinite contempt, and then strode out with a snort. Originally, he thought that the French royal family opened this military academy to train military talents, but now it proves that he really thought too much at the beginning.
"Hey, Napoleon!" Brion, who had been eavesdropping outside the door, quickly stopped Napoleon when he saw him come out.
"Brion. Napoleon had only discovered his friend, but he was not surprised.
Ever since Brion met Napoleon, the friendship between the two has developed immediately. In particular, Napoleon liked it, as well as the literature and history of Corsica, and Brion, as a high school student, immediately showed his housekeeping skills as a liberal arts student. Relying on his own list of must-read books, he soon won the favor of Napoleon. Now that Brion had been transferred from the infantry section to the artillery section, and was still in a dormitory with Napoleon, the two were almost as close as brothers.
"What's the matter, Napoleon. Does the principal disagree with you?"
"This bastard aristocrat, I have now completely lost faith in the French royal family! I can't wait for that group of French bugs to commit suicide en masse!"
Brion smiled and nodded, and his heart snickered with joy. Napoleon has finally awakened, and in the next year he will fight alongside Napoleon. However, in order to achieve Napoleon, it was necessary to instill in Napoleon some new ideas that did not exist in that era. Perhaps only in this way could Napoleon be successful.
But there is a problem, what kind of ideas to inculcate. Marxism-Leninism in Russia? Impossible, France is like Russia. In France, the king was clearly vulnerable, and Louis XVI was eventually guillotined. This is too, how can the French be willing to endure so hardship, and in the next Cultural Revolution, France will be ruined. Do you want Deng Xiaoping's reformed socialism? It seems that that it will not work. It seems that we still have to follow the old path, and bourgeoisism is the most suitable.
Brion finally smiled with satisfaction: "I told you earlier, the royal family will be destroyed sooner or later." Believe it or not, in ten years, our King Louis will be guillotined. And this great France will also take on a new look, a country ruled by a new class. β
"I guess the Corsican people must have come to France!" said Napoleon, excitedly and stubbornly.
"No, no, it's supposed to be the kind of country that is governed by the people. β
It has to be said that it was really hard to talk to a Fauvist soldier like Napoleon. Brion was still sweating as he spoke.
"It's impossible, the country must have a supreme leader to lead it, otherwise wouldn't the world be in chaos?"
"This is still the dictatorship of the king you said, and ordinary dictators will not end well!" Brion listened to Napoleon's still immature voice, still a little anxious.
"But I look at Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar. These people are the first emperors of the ages. β
"Oh my ancestors!" Brion was suddenly stunned by Napoleon: "The times are different, just like Hitler in Germany, didn't he commit suicide in the end." β
As soon as Brion said this, not only was he stunned, but Napoleon was even more puzzled. Brion blamed himself in his heart, Hitler seems to be Napoleon's junior, at least Napoleon has been dead for 80 years, and Hitler is still wearing open crotch pants. At that time, Germany was still called Prussia, and Napoleon didn't know it.
As Brion expected, Napoleon asked, "May I ask, who was Hitler?"
"Let's leave it alone, okay, the times will slowly advance. Brion wiped the sweat from his forehead: "The royal family is unreliable now, and what can really bring us honor and happiness to the people is not the dictatorship, but what is called, by the way, the bourgeois class." This is the most suitable policy for France at the moment, and it definitely works better than the king's thing. β
"But what is bourgeoisism?" said Napoleon, who for the first time became interested in political questions.
It turned out that Napoleon only studied military tactics, and his original political view was to lead the Corsicans to overthrow the government and then rule France to peace. But the person in front of him who was about his age seemed to have a lot of sense. He thought, maybe his original idea was immature, so let's just see how about this theory.
"Listen to my friend, capitalism is probably about democracy, making the country rich and strong, and protecting private property. In short, through such governance, our France will be revitalized, and this will be able to fight with the hegemons of Europe!"
As soon as Brion looked at Napoleon's look of understanding, he knew that he must be interested in this idea, which would only happen a few years later. However, he thought about it again, if he had misunderstood that only the republican was emphasized, then there would not have been a later Napoleonic dynasty? No, it must be added.
"By the way, I forgot to tell you. A constitutional monarchy is not entirely a dictatorship, as long as the FΓΌhrer does not practice dictatorship, there can basically be capitalism!"
As soon as he heard this, Napoleon's eyes lit up. After all, such an advanced idea will always make a big man with the mandate of heaven shine. Napoleon dreamed of becoming a leading figure since he was a child, and now Briand's theory of capitalism has made him realize.
Brion was finally in a good mood when he said this, and if he had said such things during the Cultural Revolution, he would have died a long time ago.
Note: After this chapter, Brion is about to step into military life. Please pay attention to it.